Tag: dbs

2016 is here and it's time to review the gameplan. I've sort of covered this already in the 2016 Credit Card strategy, but that was more specific to me. Here I'm going to lay out the credit card landscape as of 1 Jan- which cards should you use in...

One question I get asked very often is about using credit cards for bill payments. Now, intuitively you won't be able to pay for a credit card bill with another credit card. Because this would create a wonderful cycle where I could (1) Pay my DBS Altitude Card bill with my...

December is a good time to review credit card strategies for the new year. What I've come to realise is that although some cards may individually be the best to use in a particular category, when you view your miles earning strategy overall they may not fit in very...

Until 30 Sept, the DBS Altitude AMEX card had a very generous 50% bonus miles promotion. Upon card approval, you would earn 1.8 miles for local spend, 3 miles for overseas spend and 4.5 miles for online hotel and flight bookings for the first 6 months (as opposed to...

I wrote a previous article about how DBS was giving away free money with its Esso card for new signups. Basically, it was advertised that you'd get $70 in fuel vouchers when you signed up for the card. The vouchers have come in the mail and they're not exactly what...

Well, in a classic case of why we can't have nice things, the DBS Altitude Visa's sign up bonus has been cut to 5,000 miles with $800 spend within 30 days of signing up, provided you're among the first 500 applicants each month. I always hate these limited availability promotions-...

The Milelion is running a new series that aims to profile every credit card available in Singapore. Each week we will cover a different bank. The appendix below will be updated weekly with hyperlinks as more banks are added, allowing you to navigate between weeks seamlessly Week 1- OCBC Week 2-...

I came across an article the other day talking about the most exclusive credit cards in Singapore, those which are made of metal, those without credit limits, those which give the user diplomatic immunity and free unicorn rides. It got me thinking- I think we can all agree that many of...